How to Use brain wave in a Sentence

brain wave

noun
  • The brain waves that are recorded on the golden record are a brain in love.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 July 2023
  • Why would someone want their brain waves collected by their car?
    — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Meanwhile, a cap of sensors on their head measured their brain waves.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • In simpler terms, their brain waves and yours can get synchronized.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • When a baby and an adult make eye contact, their brain waves fall in sync, too, a new study finds.
    — Laura Sanders, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2017
  • From no brain waves to now walking and talking and reading, doing math.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 May 2018
  • When the team looked at an octopus’s brain waves for the first time, the results were shocking.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2023
  • How Elemind tweaks brain waves What was going on in my brain?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
  • There’s the new strength coach who, naturally, has altered the brain waves of the entire team.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But brain waves measure only the electrical fields on the brain’s surface.
    — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The brain wave amplifier gave way to other high-tech gadgetry.
    — New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The data showed no change in beta-2 brain wave activity.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
  • Several tries later, and the app started tracking my brain waves.
    — David Oliver, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Studies show that after a few days your brain waves shift toward delirium or stupor.
    — Riza Cruz, Marie Claire, 19 Feb. 2014
  • This also serves to keep the person’s head fairly still so that the system can more easily read brain waves.
    — Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2014
  • The aging brain just doesn’t seem to be able to synchronize its brain waves effectively.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2017
  • But recent research has reignited interest in brain waves.
    — Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Next comes REM sleep, characterized by quick brain waves and dreams.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019
  • Meanwhile, brain waves, heart rate, and blood pressure all become similar to the levels seen in the awake state.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
  • The sound of the ocean or a river has been proven to change our brain waves’ frequency and put us in a more meditative state.
    — Camille Styles, Sunset Magazine, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The synchronous brain waves are then an expression of the empathy.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The cool thing is that studies have found that creativity is heightened during the alpha brain wave state.
    — Kristine Jepsen, Parents, 6 Nov. 2023
  • While the delta variant does share a name with a brain wave that is associated with sleep, there is no deeper meaning.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The band measures electronic brain waves and translates them to a measure of alertness or fatigue.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Bartschi’s music delightfully hints at a bygone era and is full of motion, like the whirring of focused brain waves.
    — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 June 2018
  • Heart attack can lead to changes in sleep-promoting brain waves and immune cells that aid recovery, a new study suggests.
    — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Even a single glass can interfere with brain waves and suppress REM sleep.
    — Dr. Samanta Dall’agnese, CNBC, 13 May 2025
  • Since then, some have theorized that the third tone synchronizes brain waves, in a process known as neural entrainment.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Biofeedback wearables that prompt you to work on your stress response and measure your success by tracking your heart rate or brain waves have been around for years.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2019
  • The quiet bursts of staticky pink noise are supposed to disrupt those brain waves, encouraging your brain to sink closer to sleep.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 2025

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